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He said, I just seen your last question from subscribers and I got a question. Why not just pick up AB? We don't have to give up anything for them. Then trade Judon and the third to the Texans for JJ Watt. They would give us a good wire receiver or that would give us a good wire receiver and a real pass rusher and save about 2 million in cap space. We need to move miles to tighten like they did Waller. Put Willie on the scout team. Oh, yikes. Put Willie on the scout team and start Devin Duvenay. Just think Hollywood Brown out wide and Devin Duvenay in the slot. Andrews and Lamar has already been working with AB. So you know he was throwing the ball and on a defensive side, JJ Wolf, big baby and Campbell. Now that's his front four. Sorry for it being long. Just my thoughts. What do you think? So that's how we starting off. He said, Judon 17 mil, JJ 15 mil this year. Well, Judon is actually 16.8 mil this year. But now that's 16.8 mil divided by like 16 or 17. But it's minus five because we play five games. So whatever the math is on that, he said, but I'm sure he will do a new contract and take less to win. He will go from not making the playoffs to maybe winning the Super Bowl. I just I don't see anybody doing that. I know a lot of people have suggested that as well. Not even just for JJ. Why? But for even other past rushes. I don't see it being a scenario where the team would trade somebody who's a better past rusher for Jude. Yeah, who's a better past rusher than Judon for Judon, even if you throw in a third round pick, because the salaries may be essentially the same. All they're getting is a third round pick and a not as good past rush as what they have already. Because some people suggested the same thing for Chandler Jones. Some people suggested the same thing for who was the other pastor. I forgot who else it was. But people have suggested the same thing for other teams like, hey, trade trade a past rusher for a past rusher. I just I don't think anybody will go for that. And with JJ White, I wouldn't mind if they gave up a third round pick for JJ White because it wouldn't be anything significant and I would not want them to give up a first. I would not want them to give up a second because with JJ White, his stamina seems to be a big question and he's obviously been very banged up over the years. And so I don't think giving anything significant for him would be worth it. But yeah, so I don't see them doing a Judon for JJ trade. As far as Antonio Brown, I'm going to see if somebody picks him up. I would like to see somebody pick him up right now. I don't know if it's going to happen, but I would like to see it happen. But would Ravens do it? Oh, boy, I don't think they would, but I don't think they would, but you never know. Because like you said, they wouldn't have to give up anything to get them. Like a lot of the people that we talk about, they would have to give up something in order to acquire them. But Antonio Brown, somebody would just have to give up a roster spot. Who that would be? That's a whole nother question. That question came from a boy, Rodeo, he said, my guy here today with questions about our rivals. Faker doesn't deliver wins and results this year. His job could be in jeopardy. That's true. Interestingly enough, if Jerry doesn't take care of his young star, could Cleveland go after Dag Prescott? Oh, that would be a scarier offense on paper. That would certainly be something. I didn't think about that because Dag Prescott, yeah, this was his franchise, he got franchise tag this year. Got 31 million guarantee, which is nice. But you don't have any long term contracts. So now everything depends on your health, everything depends on your recovery. And depending on how that goes, if I was a team, I would that didn't have a quarterback. I would take a look at Dag Prescott once he was healthy, of course. And I probably, the most I want to sign, I would probably want to sign him to like a one year deal, like a prove it deal. And then just to make sure he was fully back and then if he was fully back and then sign him to a contract extension in the middle of a season and at the end of the season, whatever it may be. But I wouldn't want to go all in on Dag Prescott, if I was a GM owner, whatever. But Cleveland Browns, that could be something. Because yeah, Baker Mayfield's job, it is not safe. They got a new, they obviously have a new head coach, new GM and all that. So they're a new regime. So the new regime, when the new regime comes in, nobody job is safe, nobody job is guaranteed. So that could happen. And then he said, same with the Steelers, with Ben's age and body, because the Steelers make an offer to try to acquire Matt Ryan or even Carson Wentz. Mmm, oh, like next year. I don't know, Big Ben says every year I'm going to retire, I'm going to retire. Oh, then he said, oh, I changed my mind, I changed my mind. So I did see that the Falcons owner, because I can't say GM, because they fired the GM, their owner Arthur Blank, because the GM was Thomas Demetroff and the coach was obviously Dan Quinn. But their owner said, I ain't committed to Matt Ryan. He came when he said that, said, OK, OK. So they said they could be looking at quarterbacks. So they may be looking for a fresh start. They said, hey, it's time, man. If the owner comes out and says that, oh, yeah, you you're pretty much done. So everything's on the table now. So Matt Ryan could end up being a free agent. They could end up cutting them. They could end up trying to trade them. And yeah, Steelers, they could. You never know, man. You never know, Matt Ryan as a Pittsburgh. Well, that would look really weird, but it's possible. This question came from a boy Ray J. He said, why don't the Ravens use the hard count more often on offense? It keeps the pass rush guessing. That's true. I like that idea. I wish they would. Why they don't. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. They use it a little bit, but if they use it more like in an effort to get that pass rush to try to jump off sides or just to keep them guessing. Yeah, that that could be something small, something small and simple that could help really sort of maximize the offense. Next question came from a boy David P. He said, what's going on in gravy? This Dave is always hope you in the family. Well, appreciate it. He said, I have a couple of questions and man, I wish some of these we get on the channel could go through on the press conferences because I swear some of the reporters questions must be scripted because it's horrid. And man, I am. And it, of course, ain't no disrespect to those reporters because they are reporters. We ain't reporters. We just we really, really ain't nobody. But some of the questions on this, it's like, Yikes, like what? What kind of like some of them will be like, really? Like, really? That's that's that's what you're choosing to ask. Whether they ask in hardball, whether they ask in a play or something. It's like, what? What's going on? But hey, it's all good. They got the media passes, not us. But anyway, he said, not a question, but they definitely need to give Dobbins a rock, a minimum 15 times per game right now. He clearly has the speed to get to the outside and the show from his long runs. He's our only back that's able to do that. Also reading the reports from what the bingles said. And it's clear to everyone that Lamar only throws to Brown and Andrews. And it's 90 percent of the middle of the field. He's going to have to get others involved and for the love of God, run some screens or throw the throw to the flat and intermediate routes when they're open. I agree. They all don't have to be 20 plus your completions. We'll have way more third and shorts, which has been our issue. But my question is, I agree. Some screens would be lovely, lovely. Seem like we run screen screens. I can't even talk. It seems like we run screens once a month. And once they get that, once they hit that quota, all right, we ran on screen this month, we're good. OK, don't run another one, y'all. Get it out. Don't worry about it. It's OK. It's like, man, yikes. And then he said they are. They all don't have to be 20 plus your completions. Yeah, that's Lamar does do that. Sometimes it seems like he's just looking for that big strike. It seemed like he's looking for that big strike and won't take the underneath stuff. But anyway, anyway, he said my question is with Chandler Jones done as much as we love a pass rush. I just don't see or know a stud that's available from a non-playoff team. The next is you might as well improve the offense. That helps the defense as well. Green once out, but Atlanta may be willing to part with Julio Green. Oh, you talking about AJ Green? Oh, he's signed till 2023, making 20 plus meal per. But if you have the Falcons, take on some of it. It's possible. I know he's been injured for the last five years. LOL, we can just ease him in when he's fully recovered. What are your thoughts? I wouldn't mind Julio, but yet that injury part was scared me. Now, somebody did make a good point. I forgot who it was for my apologies, but they they had commented that they said with Julio because I had meant we had talked about this in a video before. They said with Julio Jones that he is he's obviously injury prone. But with Julio Jones, they said that he would not be used as much in with the Ravens as he's used with the Falcons. So he wouldn't be having these 90, 100 yard, I mean, 100 catch seasons, anything like that. And his he will still be a focal point. He could still be a great receiver for the Ravens. He would actually think about he would probably be the most talented, wide receiver the Ravens had ever had if they were able to get him. But he just he would be used a lot less was their point. So there would be a little less chance for injury, since it'd be a little less wear and tear. I mean, he still be out there on the field and all that. I still had to block and all that. And we know with Julio, Julio, don't mind getting physical now. He don't mind getting physical. Because Matt Ryan be throwing all them picks and Julio, he turned into a defender quick. So Julio, he would be able to come in and block, be able to come in and catch. He will have some drops now, too. Cool. You know, Julio, he'll be able to drop. But he will certainly make up for it with the big plays, too. So anything is possible. I don't think it's likely that the Ravens acquire Julio Jones. That would be crazy. I just don't I don't see it happening, though. Should they? He could certainly help. But money plays such a big fact in this whole thing. And Ravens, they don't have much to play with. They do. Again, salary cap don't mean nothing there. Salary cap does not mean anything. Because again, chiefs have shown that this season and so have the Rams. So the Ravens could make a way. But I just, Julio Jones, I don't think they will. Next question came from my boy, Jason. He said, I noticed something today. And as I think back to the past three other games, Lamar does not pull the ball at the last minute anymore. This allows the opponents to spy a bit easier. Last season, it was all to talk. Some controversial media speaking about skin color being the problem and finding the ball. Why have the Ravens stopped doing this? Some people have been saying he has lost a step, which obviously isn't true, with his longest run of his career for a 50-yard touchdown. So why not go back to that? Anyway, I hope that you and the family are enjoying this Ravens win as much as I am. And I'll be watching for more content. Appreciate it, Jason. I think maybe he is dealing with an injury. Maybe that is the case. Because he just, yeah, he hasn't been taken off like that. Or maybe they just really trying to expand his passing game. Maybe that's what it is. They just really trying to expand his passing game. So when the need does come in those games where he does really need to pass a lot more, then they'll be ready. The Ravens will be ready. The receivers will be ready. Everybody will be on the same page. Next question came from my boy, Travis D. He said, what's going on, bro? Hope all is well, like always. With Ronnie Stanley missing the game against Washington and the real OBJ stepping in on the left side of him and actually playing well. Do you think we tag and trade Stanley this all season and get possibly two first rounders for him? Stanley is good, no doubt. But with someone like Lamar and quarterback, you could plug a lot of people at Stanley's position and we could still do as good as we have been. Plus, they may be healthier than him. Ooh. Okay. I do definitely think that is a possibility. I really do. I do not think that Stanley is a lock to be a Raven forever. Especially with them having had contract talks with him and nothing happening yet. Obviously things could change. But until you are signed to that extension, anything is possible. Anything is possible. While I do think the Ravens will like to keep him, I don't think it is a lock. And I think that if they don't end up keeping him, then they're definitely not going to just let him walk as a free agent and just get some nice third round comp. Oh, no. Oh, no. If they're going to let him walk, they're not going to let him walk. But if he's not going to be a Raven, then he will be traded for first round picks and more. Next question came from a boy, Nicholas Wallace. Shout out to Biggie. He said, what's up in Raven? Hope everything is going good with you today. Do you think instead of Greg Roman holding Lamar back a little, it actually might be Lamar holding himself back? I don't know if he wants to prove he's a better pass or what, but there's been so many times just here where he looks like the Sean Watson where he'll hold on to the ball instead of taking off. He's even had lanes to run, but sometimes he won't take them, but last year he would have. Honestly, I think Lamar needs to get some runs in a game to get his confidence going to throw better. He started throwing better against Washington after that 50-yard touchdown run. So yeah, like I said, could be an injury that we just don't know about. We don't know the extent of the injury because they did talk about the growing injury before. And that could be a part of it too. Maybe they're just trying to really prove it, trying to change people's narrative. I hope that that's not it, but anything's possible because again, the Ravens, more so when it comes to the Chiefs, but the Ravens have definitely shown that they hear the noise. They hear the noise and they listen to the noise. I mean, we saw it from Jump last season, last season, week one, I think he ran, he had like six yards rushing and threw five touchdowns. So they were making sure that he threw that ball all over. But I mean, they did just take advantage of the situation that they were put in because the Dolphins, their pass defense, certainly wasn't anything serious. But so they've proved it. We've seen that they let the outside noise get in sometimes. And again, like I said, hopefully that's not what's going on, but you never know. The next question really comment came from my guy, Nicholas Wallace too. He said, remember when the Ravens tried to give Ryan Grant that big contract? Oh yeah. He said, L-O-L Pepperidge Farm, remember. Shout out to Pepperidge Farm. And then he had another question. He said, what's up in Graven? I'm watching your live stream. And you said that you want to get caught up on these 84 emails, L-O-L, not today. And I just surely didn't that day either. He said, who do you think the Ravens should trade for at wide receiver before the trade deadline? If they do trade for somebody, wide receiver that they could trade for before the deadline. Who's a wide receiver that the Ravens could trade for? Maybe there's Shark. There's, yeah, there's Shark. There's, who else? Ashon, Jeffrey be banged up too much. I wish De'Andre, that would be one that, but you know, that's done. I wish Kenan Allen too, but yeah, he just got his contract extended. I wish Mike Williams also from the charges, but they ain't doing that. It's Kenan Allen's banged up right now. I don't even know. I'm gonna have the left team keep it clean, take this one. Who should the Ravens trade for at wide receiver? If they do make a trade for wide receiver at the trade deadline, I'll let y'all take that one. Next question came from a boy, DJ. He said, they ain't great. Been following you for a few years now. Great work, I appreciate it, DJ. He said, my question is, do you believe the Ravens have too much talent to feed without enough food or hands to feed them? I feel as though our coaching staff needs tweaking. To have that much talent is probably driving them on the coaching staff crazy trying to make everybody happy. I still believe we may be a year or so away from reaching our full potential. Going forward, they should start with Duvenay, Hollywood, and Prochet as my starting wide receivers. And Dobbins will be my starter with Gus backing him up. And let's go. Too much talent, where though? Like at running back, I don't even think it's necessarily that they have too much talent, but they just, they just obviously have not been, or they're trying to feed the talent too much. That's what it is at the running game. They're really trying to feed everybody too much. And they need to establish a lead guy. Now, as far as a wide receiver, I don't think that they, I don't think it's a thing where they have too much talent. I just think they just, the same talent keeps eating. And no other talent is really eating like that. Like it's just Hollywood and Andrews. Nobody else is really eating like that. So I don't even think that it's that they have too much talent, it's just that they haven't been distributing and using that talent effectively. Next question came from a guy, Shadow Badger Cat. He said, what's up? I hope you're feeling good. Number one, do you think anyone will be in undefeated halfway through the season? No, chiefs, they just lost. Are there any, or Steelers are undefeated right now. They had that weird schedule, but is there anybody that's even undefeated? Like right now, though the bills, I think. Bills and Steelers. And is there anybody else? Oh, Seahawks, I believe. Yeah, Seahawks are too. I'm trying to check the NFL schedule right now. Oh, standings, that would be the best place to go. So one second, if my phone decides it wants to load. All right, Buffalo's undefeated, Pittsburgh's undefeated. Oh, the Titans are undefeated. Well, that's because they've been having all these by weeks. So they ain't even been playing. And oh, the Packers. Packers are a sleeper undefeated team. So do I think that at the midway point in the season, somebody could be eight and oh? No, I don't think so. I think that all these guys are gonna end up losing. So, and then his next question was, depending on the Washington football schedule and how they decided to bench Haskins after he had a good game against the Ravens. It just seemed like it's just such a mess there. I don't know what's going on with them, but I mean, I can't even put my foot on it. Maybe they just really wanted Alex Smith to start. Maybe they were looking for an excuse for him to start. I know what's the name started first, Kyle Allen. But then they said he got hurt and then Alex Smith ended up coming in. And maybe they just looking for a reason to move on from Haskins. Maybe Ron Rivera like, this ain't my guy. So yeah, I ain't with him. So I just, I don't know what is going on over there, but it's just, it's the same mess that it's always been over there. And number three, he said, this one's not related to football that much. LA hasn't been cleaning up garbage in their city because cleaning is against COVID restrictions there. Do you think LA is even gonna be playable with all this mess, including the wildfires? I'm not sure. I'm not sure, because I don't have much information or knowledge on what's going on over there. So I honestly can't even really say. This question came from a boy, Antonio U. He said, do you think the Ravens offense is basic? Every time the Ravens call a play in the huddle, they stick to that play instead of calling audibles or making adjustments to the defense. And can we please stop doing motion before the play? It fools no one and gives the play away. Do I think that their offense is basic? Yeah, it is pretty basic. I, yeah, it's been pretty basic. Simple stuff, simple routes, simple concepts, simple everything. But their complexity comes in the run game. But the run game has not been what the run game was last year. We see different flashes of it, but the Ravens don't stick to it enough to maintain that consistency with it. So we're still waiting. And maybe that is by design. So we're still waiting to find that out as well. The question came from a guy, Ravens Pride. He said, what up in Raven? It's your boy Ravens Pride. Hope you and the family are well. This is serious talk. I watched that battle of the belt way and I can tell you from what I've seen is an offense that looks dysfunctional. I really believe Lamar isn't happy with this play calling. This is just me talking. So I'm not saying this is true, but you can see why I say this. Ravens know they have a dynamic play in Lamar. So with him not producing the way he did a season ago, they could use this in his up and coming contract and wouldn't get the high paying salary. I feel like this is some type of sabotage to not pay him. Not saying not to win, but with other ways and other players. Cause look, look at this offense is disappointing to watch. I just feel like they haven't really still, they haven't still given Lamar enough firepower on the outside to thrive even more. And our defense, why did they just go and get pass rushes? Why don't they just go and get a pass rush and now before it's too late? Cause this defense is getting it handed to them with better offenses. So if they can't make this happen, we will once again be AFC North champions and no playoff win. Thanks bro for what you do and go Raven nation. I, you never know with the nasty dirty business that the NFL is, but at the same time, I don't think that the Ravens would do that because that wouldn't be smart for them to try to save some money by sabotaging themselves and sabotaging the play of their quarterback, sabotaging the play calling for their quarterback and for their offense. That wouldn't be smart at all because the number one goal in the NFL, the number one goal for these franchises as businessmen is to make money, not to win championship to make money. Then after that is the championships part for us fans, it's the championship part, but for them as businessmen and women, they are there to make money because it is a business. But their business could make even more money with more success that the team has with the team being a spotlight with the team performing well, with the team doing good. That brings in more viewers, more attraction, more talk about your team. So with that being said, it would be of no benefit for the Ravens to sabotage Lamar Jackson and the team, the play, it wouldn't be of any benefit to them at all. Next question came from a boy, Harry H. He said, how's it going in Raven? The members of the team keep it clean. After four weeks, I guess I shouldn't be complaining because we are three in one. This was obviously before the last game. He said, but I wouldn't be a true Ravens fan if I didn't critique them. Even though he got a couple of sacks in the game against the no names, I think Ravens made a mistake by franchising Matt Judon. Hopefully this was the game that will start him on the path to success, but I doubt it. We should have let him go and sign the speeds off the edge like Vic Beasley. I also think that Greg Roman is trying to be cute and not use the running game. If we actually let our three running backs get a steady diet, they will be able to dominate and that will set up our receivers to get open and make place. Also besides Brown and Andrews, I'm gonna need them to use Boykin and Duvenay a lot more. KC beat us down because they could go anywhere with the ball. We need to work on that aspect of the passing game. Those four should be getting a minimum at five receptions each game. Let me know your thoughts. And yeah, Ravens certainly need to spread the ball around more. They need to spread the ball around more. No, nobody's gonna debate you on that. Nobody's gonna argue, fight you with that because it's true. We all know that it's true. That has been one of the Ravens biggest issues. Even dating back to last year, it's just the lack of spreading the ball around. And that's on the mark. That's on the mark. But that's also one of the receivers to make place, to get open. Again, to build that trust, that's the biggest thing, man. Building that trust. And then that's also on the coordinators to design plays to get them open. So it's just a collective group effort that has just, it's been pretty rough so far. But definitely the sooner that the other guys can get involved and really establish themselves as playmakers, the better it'll be for the Ravens. Next question came from my boy, Big Bird Jerm. He said, ain't great, but another question for you. I know a lot of Ravens fans are with me and not being the biggest Matt Judon fans. Oh, and my guy, and the previous question right before that, he just mentioned it. And he said, but the ones who are fans of him and any defend him and always bring up the QB hit stat. I honestly don't like this statistic at all. If you don't get the sack, I don't care. We just saw last week, Marlon Humphrey crushed my home on a Blitz, yet he still bombed a TD. I just want to know your thoughts on the QB hit statistic. And thanks again. That's a good question. QB hits, they do mean something though, because that is part of the mental game of football. If you keep on hitting a quarterback, if that quarterback doesn't have time in a pocket and you hitting him clean, and it's not like late hits anything, then that can mess with his mentals and that can mess with his, just the timing of his passes. He may think he has, if you keep hitting him over and over again, he'll start thinking he has less and less time in the pocket so that can rattle him. That can frustrate him and that can fluster him. So the QB hits, they do mean something. They certainly mean something. Sacks are not everything. Sacks are not everything. That's just you finishing the job. But the QB hits, those are a big part of the job as well. But sacks are on everything. They are a lot and they're nice, but the QB hits and the pressures and all that, that means just as much. And another question from my boy, Big Bird Jerm. He said, I hope you're in a family doing well. Random question, pop into my head. How do you think CJ Mollie feels about signing with the Jets with him now being in his second year there? I know the 17 meal per year is probably nice, but man, there's absolutely no hope in that organization and that's got to kill a player's drive to get better and play the game. What level do you think CJ will be playing at if he stayed here and we think that he will ever be a household name ever again? Thanks and stay safe. I don't think he regrets it. CJ Mollie is not stupid. He was a very small player. So he must be a small person. So with the Jets, they were offering him the most money. He said, okay, I'll go there. And again, just like with a lot of the organizations, their number one goal is to make money. With a lot of the players, they wanna win. They wanna have some success and wanna build a legacy and whatever, but the thing that they want the most, a lot of them, they wanna make some money. They want to make money, be taken care of, they have their families taken care of, they wanna make bread, man. Super Bowls, they can help get you paid, but Super Bowls don't pay you. You get some extra game checks, but Super Bowls, that's not a record breaking contract. Playoffs, regular season wins, team success. No, your contract is what gets you paid. Obviously you got to be a successful player, but your contract is what gets you paid. CJ, he saw the contract that he wanted and he got paid. I don't think he regrets it at all. I think there's certainly be an aspect of him missing that winning feeling and having a lot of fun, but I don't think he regrets it at all. I really don't. And if he was still with the Ravens, I think he'd be doing just fine. He'd be doing just fine and just the same as he always did. Very solid player, sound player. He was a very important part of the defense, very good part of the defense. So I think he would just, he would be continuing that. And then another one from Big Bird, Jeremy as well, he says, sorry, engraving another question for you, LOL. But with the recent news of Texans players coming out against the signing of Arrow Thomas, do you think that helps the Ravens case against him? I think at this point it's basically a done deal that the Ravens get that money back. We'd love to know your thoughts. I don't think it's a done deal for that. I do think there will still be a struggle for it because that him posting that video of the play that he said happened before the fight, that doesn't help. And if they do have a lot of records of him being late to practices, missing meetings and whatnot, that certainly wouldn't help either. But it's gonna be hard, man. It's gonna be hard. Texans players, them, the whole he say she say about them not wanting Arrow Thomas to be on the team, that's cool or whatever, but that doesn't do anything for the Ravens. That literally does nothing for the Ravens. Cause you could, they could go, NFL could go ask another team, hey, would you want Arrow Thomas on the team? And if those players say yes, then what does that mean? Would that make the case go back in Arrow Thomas favor? So I don't think, I don't think just because the Texans supposedly said that about Arrow Thomas, I don't think that that would help the Ravens at all. Next question came from my boy Chris Hall. He said, the Ravens bounced back against the football and, oh against the football team, I think. And yet it didn't look pretty. We still managed to get the win. Shout out to everything the Ravens, oh shout out to everything Ravens with this fantastic idea for the Ravens to do on offense. You know what the NFL is a copycat league. Everything you see has definitely been used unless you're the chiefs and you have Andy Reed and Eric Benjamin. He basically said the Ravens should run a similar style offense like the 49ers, getting the tight end involved in finding creative ways to get those speedy wide receivers involved like Devon Duvenay and Hollywood. It couldn't hurt because so far the play calling has just been so repetitive, especially in the passing game and little in the run to start and, and he said, I'm starting to think that Roman is the real kryptonite. They certainly could implement some things from what the 49ers do. Like with guys like Debo Samuel and of course with George Kittle. I mean Ravens already keep Mark Andrews super involved enough as is. But that could up his game and just help get the guys just to involve more. Cause that's been the biggest thing with the Ravens just them having a lack of involvement from other playmakers besides Hollywood and Andrews. Next question came from my guy Schme. He said, hey Raven, what's up my G? Hope you and the family are doing well. I'm not here to rip on Jude on LOL even though I know I've been going stupid on him for the past couple of weeks. He got his two sacks and five QB hits even though he was unblocked on the sex. I can't complain with that. However, I digress. That whole game versus Washington was a B minus at best. Still, lots of infield, unfield holds and work this team needs to do. LOL sometimes I feel team keeping clean can coach the Ravens better. I know I can't be the only one that thinks that. But anyway, sorry I keep getting off track. Our performance against Washington was good enough to win. Like you said, we've been as much as we could, but thankfully we didn't break. Our play in that game was not nearly good enough to beat an actual good or playoff team. Sure, we'll get away with some poor play calling and poor play and not adjusting on defense in some games. Not to mention Lamar's poor deep ball on Sunday. But against a good team in the playoffs, we cannot afford to do that. So my question to you, Mr. Bartholomew and Grave, what is that? We know and seen what this team is capable of. So does the Ravens lack of real elite play concern you moving forward? Especially considering the fact that we will play better teams than Washington. I know we haven't had OTAs, a pre-season, et cetera, but it's already week five, so the jitters should be gone by now, right? Let me know your thoughts and you know what I'm gonna say. Team keeping clean, go check out the podcast, support my boy. All info is down below in the description and I'm out, peace. And he said, oh, sorry if you got this email twice, I messed up while typing it and deleted it and wrote it again. It's all good, man. I did get it twice by the way and I did see the first one and the second one. So anyway, I appreciate it. It is a little bit concerning. But my thing is that I, it's a little bit concerning. I'm not like, I'll be more concerned when it's playoff time. I'll be more concerned and just I'll be more concerned depending on how the flow of things is going a little before playoff time. Like if they're still struggling around playoff time and they make the playoffs, but they're still struggling on offense right before the playoffs and there's still a lot of question marks and whatnot. We still had a lot of these same conversations then. Then I will be concerned. Right now, I'm not overly concerned but because it just seems like this has gotta be a strategy for something bigger. It's gotta be a strategy for something bigger. It has to be. There's no other explanation that it could be. So that's what I'm gonna roll with and hopefully that is the case and hopefully these conversations can end up dying down as the season goes on. Next question came from my guy Austin M. He said, what's up man? So just wondering, what do you think besides the pass rush is our biggest need? I believe we should consider looking for either safety help. DeSean Elliott is looking a little shabby or we should consider wide receiver help. LaMar needs more options just as well as our snappy defense. Snappy meaning we bite at everything on defense. Oh, and I forgot. What do you think we will go for in a draft and who right now is our best option if the draft was tomorrow based on the first four games and what us Ravens fans have witnessed? So, what do I think our biggest need is? The Ravens biggest need, I think, I think it's, if you're talking about play, I think it's just consistency. Consistency in their game and consistently using the running game, being consistent in the passing and just consistency getting into more of a rhythm. But if you're talking about player or position, I think the Ravens biggest need right now could actually be a right guard. I think it could be a right guard. And with it being a right guard, I know the pass rush that has been tough has been a little bit of a big yikes. And then, of course, the questions with wide receiver. But I feel like the offensive lines, they could block better for LaMar, give them some more time, give them some more trust. So that can enable him to actually look for more people than just Andrews in Hollywood. And there have been some cases where he has had good blocking and still only look for Andrews in Hollywood. But everything, for me, I think it starts up front with the offensive line. Everything, everything goes to them. So I would actually say the biggest need would be offensive line. And I mean, pass rush, it ain't far off. And if I had to rank the three, I would put offensive line pass rushes right under it and then wide receivers down there too. But all three, if the Ravens could upgrade in all three positions, that would certainly help them out a lot. And he also said, what will be our best option right now to go for in a draft? I think an interior offensive line, whether it be a center or a right guard. Interior of the offensive line, one of those two positions would be our best. But all right, next question, the last question on this episode, NFL question from subscribers, came from a boy Tyler G. He said, and Graven, hope all this will and hope this finds you in good spirits. After watching Sunday's game against the Nameless team from Washington, I couldn't help but feel underwhelmed by the Ravens performance. To me, it looked like the Ravens were playing very flat on offense. And although there was some nice plays, it just seemed like there was something missing. Lamar made an excellent play with his legs for that run, but it sure seemed like our play calling has been very stale in comparison to last year. Do you think that this is more of a play calling issue this year, or more so of a lack of talent and weapons for Lamar? I think it's definitely a play calling and Lamar just needing to try to get other people involved more. So yeah. And then he said conversely, in regards to the defense, Marlon did his thing per usual, and Patrick Queen made an excellent goal line stop. Judon finally got his first sack of the year and so did Jaylen Ferguson. However, the pass rush really should have had a field day and Haskins often had years to get rid of the ball. Do you think the Ravens need to start rotating their pass rushes out more often until we truly find who the top guys are? Think Malik Harris and Patrick Queen and even the Chris Baud could benefit the pass rush of giving more opportunities to Blitz. As always, keep up the good work and just like Bill O'Brien, I'm out. Appreciate it Tyler. That would be interesting if they could get a little more of a rotate. I think they actually do do a lot of rotation on a defensive line, especially with the pass rushes because you do see different guys out there. But, because I think that Bowser has already established himself as our best pass rusher but it certainly couldn't help if you got Malik out there, Malik Harris and Blitz and some more. Of course, Patrick Queen, he has been blitzing quite often and also just a little mix of everybody who's active on game day. Everybody, everybody. But, if you keep guys fresh, maybe that can be that boost. And then, of course, we got Justin Matta-Bike back and we had got him after like a week after he sent his email because it was obviously after the Washington game. But with him coming back, that should help as well. And I didn't really get to watch. I wasn't really focused on him individually but a lot of people told me that he did pretty good and he got some pressures and he was getting some good push. So that's a good sign. So hopefully there will be more to come from him and moving forward just with the entire pass rush as a whole.